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Rishivandiyam Assembly Election Results 2026
Rishivandiyam Assembly constituency is located in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu and has seen shifting political control over the past decade, with contests involving the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.
In the 2016 Assembly elections, the constituency had 2,44,427 electors, with 1,96,697 valid votes polled. DMK’s K Karthikeyan secured victory with 92,607 votes, defeating AIADMK’s Dhandapani K by a margin of 20,503 votes, marking a comfortable win for the party.
Earlier, in 2011, Rishivandiyam had 2,06,830 electors and recorded 1,71,405 valid votes. DMDK’s Vijaykant won the seat with 91,164 votes, defeating Indian National Congress candidate S Sivaraj by 30,795 votes.
The change in party control between 2011 and 2016 reflects the constituency’s responsiveness to broader alliance formations and shifting state-level political currents.
2026 Rishivandiyam Assembly Election Results
Karthikeyan K
DMK - WonVotes89,711
Vote %36.65
Ashok Kumar G
TVK - 1st Runner Up Votes84,849
Vote %34.66
Chezhiyan P
PMKVotes56,488
Vote %23.08
Radhika P
NTKVotes7,247
Vote %2.96
Senthikumar V N
INDVotes1,071
Vote %0.44
Selvaraj P
INDVotes800
Vote %0.33
Balakrishnan A
BSPVotes578
Vote %0.24
Nota
NOTAVotes534
Vote %0.22
Anbumurugan S
INDVotes458
Vote %0.19
Sevvantha G K
ANMKVotes322
Vote %0.13
Ranganathan N
AIPTMMKVotes302
Vote %0.12
Arumugam G
PRNPVotes291
Vote %0.12
Venkatraman J
NDMKKVotes251
Vote %0.10
Karthikeyan A
INDVotes244
Vote %0.10
Manikandan C
INDVotes241
Vote %0.10
Vinoth S
INDVotes208
Vote %0.08
Sezhiyan K
INDVotes173
Vote %0.07
Sankar R
TMVKVotes161
Vote %0.07
Vijayakumar G
INDVotes141
Vote %0.06
Gowtham C
INDVotes136
Vote %0.06
Source: PValue
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2021 Rishivandiyam Assembly Election Results
Karthikeyan K
DMK - WonVotes113,912
Vote %52.96
Santhosh S A
ADMK - 1st Runner Up Votes72,184
Vote %33.56
Suresh Manivannan R
NTKVotes12,066
Vote %5.61
Prabhu S
AMMKMNKZVotes10,387
Vote %4.83
Nota
NOTAVotes2,420
Vote %1.13
Murugan K
INDVotes1,508
Vote %0.70
Shanmugasundaram K
MNMVotes640
Vote %0.30
Veeran S
BSPVotes426
Vote %0.20
Santhosh M
INDVotes308
Vote %0.14
Chandrasekaran V
INDVotes287
Vote %0.13
Guru K
INDVotes268
Vote %0.12
Tamilvanan M
MIDPVotes151
Vote %0.07
Venkatraman J
NADLMMKLKVotes149
Vote %0.07
Narayanan A
AMGRDMKVotes142
Vote %0.07
Karthik G
INDVotes129
Vote %0.06
Radhakrishnan K
MKLMNTRAPRVotes129
Vote %0.06
2016 Rishivandiyam Assembly Election Results
Karthikeyan.K
DMK - WonVotes92,607
Vote %47.08
Dhandapani.K
ADMK - 1st Runner Up Votes72,104
Vote %36.66
Vincent Jayaraj.Vjp
DMDKVotes14,239
Vote %7.24
Pandiyan.Kp
PMKVotes8,148
Vote %4.14
Barath.S
INDVotes1,710
Vote %0.87
Raphael Raj.C
INDVotes1,090
Vote %0.55
Chandrasekaran.V
INDVotes1,022
Vote %0.52
Sakthivel.S
BSPVotes918
Vote %0.47
None Of The Above
NOTAVotes867
Vote %0.44
Muniyan.K
NTKVotes782
Vote %0.40
Jayaraman.S
INDVotes630
Vote %0.32
Sandhanam.M
INDVotes513
Vote %0.26
Karthik.R
INDVotes494
Vote %0.25
Senthilkumar.M
IJKVotes406
Vote %0.21
Dhandapani.D
INDVotes322
Vote %0.16
Elumalai.N
VVIPVotes239
Vote %0.12
Kamalakannan.M
INDVotes212
Vote %0.11
Radhakrishnan.C
INDVotes186
Vote %0.09
Shankar.S
YSPVotes119
Vote %0.06
Anbazhagan.M
INDVotes89
Vote %0.05
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